Lunchtime Poll

June 6, 2011 8:21 AM

I want to be able to poll audience members via text message during a live event. What programs/apps/websites should I check out?

Ideally, this is how it would work -- I ask the audience to vote between choice A and choice B by sending a text message to a provided phone number. Their votes are sorted or tabulated or whatever, preferably resulting in some sort of infographic -- a bar graph for example.

The goal is to avoid needing an actual person on hand to receive and tabulate the votes as they come in.

Anyhow, does such a tool exist?

posted by hermitosis to computers & internet (6 answers total)

I saw Poll Everywhere demonstrated recently, and it seems to do exactly this. Free or cheap for small groups.
posted by activitystory at 8:30 AM on June 6, 2011

seconding polleverywhere.com
posted by misterbrandt at 8:35 AM on June 6, 2011

Omniscience Mobile can do this.
posted by odinsdream at 8:49 AM on June 6, 2011

We have been testing out Poll Everywhere in our school and I think it would be just the ticket for you.
posted by davey_darling at 8:49 AM on June 6, 2011

Nthing poll everywhere - it is great. I use it in my high school English classes.
posted by guster4lovers at 8:58 AM on June 6, 2011

Cool, thanks gang.
posted by hermitosis at 9:02 AM on June 6, 2011